Unless it’s from the Kaijuu region of Japan, it’s only sparkling beast.
If it’s not from the Tokyo prefecture it’s just sparkling King Kong.
Little known fact that America has one of the first Kaiju. And if Paul Bunyan doesn’t count, Babe does.
I’d argue that babe better fits the bill of kaiju being a giant blue ox (animal/creature)
Nah, he’s just a French Canadian logger.
Bunyan doesn’t sound like a French name to me. Also, didn’t it start as a Midwestern U.S. folktale? Like Wisconsin and Minnesota? That’s what I thought.
I’ve heard that he was the continuation of Joseph “Jos” Montferrand, a French Canadian logger and legend born in Montreal, who worked in the Gatineau and Outaouais region, known also as big John Mufferaw. He then moved south of the border to continue working as a logger where he became known as Paul Bunyan.
Bunyan sounds the same as some old French Canadian swear word, but is written differently. I think the real spelling would be something like “bon yenne”, and also resembles a French Canadian folklore named “Bon Jean”.
Yes!!! Absolutely!!!
I heard that Big Joe Mufferaw paddled down the Mattawa
Yep. That’s the guy. Big Jos Montferrand.
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…where’d he chop a tree that big? did that bastard take down all the cool, fantasy trees??
I’m pretty sure I remember that being part of his story, he chopped all the big trees down or smth.
Best lumberjack in the Sahara Forest
Well now we know where all the Entwives went.
Redwood National Park?
They must’ve been everywhere before he arrived.
Are the “good guys” still kaiju? I mean, I know the good monsters are still kaiju. But is, like, Ultraman a kaiju?
Gamera is a Kaiju and he’s a friend to children.
Can you really call Paul Bunyan a “good guy”? The canopy over North America was once monumental, but after he chopped it all down, it is mere legend, fading from memory with the death of each passing generation
Godzilla X Paul Bunyan would do NUMBERS
Can’t wait till someone make film about it with ai
I’d watch that
Yes, Godzilla is best when he is the problem.
It’s a Japanese word, in English we just say giant
Like Isekai, in English we just say fantasy
Isekai means different world and is specific a subgenre of fantasy. For literal fantasy, it’s just ファンタジー or fantoji, lol.
In English it’s not popular enough to differentiate
Other examples of words without direct translations
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Ah, I see what you mean. I misinterpreted the intent of your original comment - I’m a wee hungover lol.
I think there’s a different word for when it’s a giant person instead of giant monster. In English he’d just be a giant.
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By definition, yes. An abnormally large creature capable of destroying a building without the use of any big weapons. Mr Bunyan could easily topple a building in NYC with just his hands.
That’s a big log
Way to fuck up my whole Sunday
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Jolly Green Giant must be kaiju also.
Sprout is a baby kaiju.